20 Movies So Good You Ignore Huge Plot Holes

Nearly every movie out there has its plot holes. That just seems to be unavoidable, and also, it's actually understandable. In their quest to create blockbusting moments that audiences will never forget, movies often lean into the fantastical and throw realism aside, creating the kind of magic we don't get in our everyday lives. 

These story-related goofs vary in nature, with some being much worse than others. Certain films - the Robert Langdon Trilogy, The Village, Now You See Me - have been completely obliterated by their lapses in narrative coherence, while others, such as the following 20 films, survived their disturbances in logic with barely a scratch. 

They're all just really strong movies in their own right, so much so that their head-scratching moments just feel like minor inconveniences above all else. Furthermore, all of these plot holes facilitated some truly exceptional stories and, as such, in a weird way, you might find yourself feeling thankful for them. The bottom line is, when films are as good as these, any gaps in logic - however big they might be - feel like a small price to pay for quality entertainment.

Kicking things off, we've got something which doesn't feel quite as plot-holey as it used to... but it's still weird, and there's no getting around it. 

In John Carpenter's monolithic horror masterpiece Halloween, Michael Myers murders his sister as a six-year-old and is then locked up for the next 15 years, when he escapes and goes on the rampage once more. What's the problem here? Well, Michael gets into a car and drives it back to his hometown despite the fact that he's been locked up since he was a child. He shouldn't have been able to drive. 

This bizarre occurrence is only addressed in one exchange between an asylum doctor and Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasance), Michael's psychiatrist. The doctor points out that Michael can't even drive a car, and Loomis replies, "He was doing very well last night! Maybe someone around here gave him lessons!" 

That doesn't make sense either. It's highly unlikely that someone scheduled to be incarcerated for life would be given driving lessons by anyone, and Loomis himself claims that Michael has hardly said a word in the 15 years he's been locked up, so when would he have asked for lessons? 

The recent Halloween trilogy, in which John Carpenter was directly involved, did imply that Myers is supernatural in some form, so perhaps this explains his bizarre driving ability. It's still perhaps the only dumb moment in the original film itself, though, as this first appearance didn't really present Michael as a supernatural force.